Valor Papdi bean (Indian Broad Bean aka Chikkudikaya)

Among all beans, one of my favorites is Indian broad bean or chikkudikaya. It is not commonly found where I live, yet I constantly look for it in the local Asian grocery where I get my Indian vegetables. Any time I see it in the Asian market (Grand Mart) I snag it.

My mother always cooked it two ways: one spicy and one sweet. No prizes to guess which was my favorite. Yep you are wrong. While I love spicy food, this was one that I loved sweet. Here’s how my mother cooked her sweet chikkudikayi.